fatality

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n. 不幸, 厄运, 致命性, 死亡者, 厄运, 天命

发音

US /feɪˈtælɪti/
其它
US /feɪ̯ˈtʰælɪɾi/
US /fə-/
UK /fəˈtælətɪ/
UK /fəˈtælɪtɪ/
UK /feɪ-/

词形变化

fatalities 复数 fatalities

教材释义与例句

名词

死亡；宿命；致命性；不幸；灾祸

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

  2. 2.

    Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.

  3. 3.

    That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

  4. 4.

    Death.

  5. 5.

    An accident that causes death.

  6. 6.

    A person killed.

  7. 7.

    A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.

    游戏

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

death expiry deadliness decease lethality

下位词 2

killing casualty

相关短语

fatality rate [医] 致死率 fatality rates case fatality rate [医] 病死率 case fatality rates

词源

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.

来源：wiktionary